emalangeni

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Plural of lilangeni.

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n. Plural form of lilangeni.

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Examples

Two weeks ago, the Swazi government splashed out 100 million emalangeni (12.2 million dollars, 8.5 million euros) for a controversial double anniversary to celebrate independence from Britain and the king's birthday.

Former finance minister Majozi Sithole said in his budget speech at the start of the year that corruption cost the country about 40 million emalangeni (4.8 million dollars, 3.3 million euros) every month.

"This country is losing a lot of money through illicit dealings and we would like him to name the minister and have him prosecuted instead of telling us that there was a minister with 30 million emalangeni in his account," he told AFP.

The move comes after Prime Minister Absalom Themba Dlamini told parliament earlier this week that one unnamed cabinet minister had amassed more than 30 million emalangeni (four million dollars/2.5 million euros) in his bank account and would now be investigated by the